Check their website for details or give them a call: Phone: (707) 938-2444

They'll take you on flights over the vines of wine
country, or if you prefer, out over the Pacific or south to San
Francisco.

You can fly in a Stearman, an SNJ, or even (if you're lucky)
in their P-40 Warhawk.

How To Get There

The Schellville Airport Sonoma is located north of San Francisco Bay, about 6 miles north of the Highway 37/121 intersection.

From
San Francisco, take Highway 101 north across the Golden Gate Bridge to
Highway 37. Turn left on Highway 121 for about 6 miles.

From
the Oakland and the East Bay you can take the Richmond/San Rafael
Bridge to Highway 101 and follow the directions above, or take
Interstate 80 to Highway 37 in Vallejo. Follow Highway 37 west to
Highway 121.

These directions put you into California
Wine Country.

There are many wineries to visit as you travel in the
Sonoma Valley, but there are a couple of to check out near Schellville
Airport Sonoma...

Wine and Antique Airplanes At Schellville Airport Sonoma

Jacuzzi Winery is just about a mile south of the airport.

Stop in for a
taste and ask them about the J-7. Ever hear of it?

You probably know
the Jacuzzi name from the whirlpool tubs they produced, but early on,
they were into aviation.

A "Toothpick" Propeller

The Jacuzzi Brothers developed a "Toothpick" propeller. America's first military planes utilized it in WW I.

After
the war, the brothers developed a 7 seat enclosed monoplane called the
Jacuzzi J-7. (Seven for the seven brothers and because it held seven
passengers.)

The Jacuzzi J-7 was the first cabin monoplane built
in the U.S.

It was adapted to deliver mail. For a brief time it
ferried passengers to Yosemite.

Unfortunately, they stopped making
airplanes in 1921 when one of the brothers was killed in a flight over
Modesto, California...

And dad said. "No more airplanes."

You
can get the history from the staff at the winery and buy a bottle of
Jacuzzi Cabernet Sauvignon that has a photo of the Jacuzzi J-7 on the
label.

Climb their tower and you can get view of the airport.

For a better view of the airport, head further south and sit on the
patio at Viansa Winery for a great view of the approach to the airport.

For another angle go just north of the airport and across the
highway, to visit Gloria Ferrer Winery.... buy a bottle of California
Sparkling Wine and sit on their patio. You will be looking right down
one of the runways from a great vantage point.

Antique airplanes at Schellville Airport Sonoma...

Maybe a flight in a vintage aircraft and California wine tasting...

Two of our great loves.

How can you go wrong?

Find 'em, See 'em, Fly,'em! And have a great flight! Judy and Mark

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